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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1927
Page
16
The Athens inspector outlines front yard lines set by المدينة council for residences and porch allowances between yard and street. New rules limit marquees over roadways and require overhead supports with no posts, enforcing safe construction and electrical compliance with inspection fees and certifications.
A detailed description praises semi bungalow homes as compact two story like units with affordable brick construction and slate or tile roofs. Noting the economy, ample living space, sunlit design, and porch access, the piece highlights a spacious kitchen dining area upper sleeping rooms and a bright layout with abundant windows. Ohio firms can supply complete drawings for the design.
The board of education ordered EPAIRS and school redecorations in Nelsonville after a Tuesday meeting. The East building will be repainted and the furnace room at the Central building may be enlarged. A Middleport real estate purchase by Marion French moves the McKnight Lincoln Street property into a new residence by August 1. Painter brothers added a cement walk at 37 Maplewood Drive. Ar Ayers moved his restaurant to the K of P building on Main Street. C M Jones and family moved into the Baker Property on Clinton Street.
Rajah Mullick, wealthy landlord of India, maintains three Studebakers at Calcutta's Marble Palace showplace. Two big six Presidents were recently bought for 12 000 rupees each and sold to a buyer indifferent to price. The third, a 1914 cylinder model, has clocked over 109 000 miles.
A contract for repairs to the Methodist church at Haydenville has been let. Work includes plastering interior painting and frescoing, rewiring, new chandeliers, tower repair, exterior woodwork, lot decoration, and a parsonage. John W. Scott of Nelsonville won interior decorating. Sesoneres July 22. Blister Strips suggests wrapping tape around tool handles to prevent blisters.
A fragmented note outlines a summer routine for an invalid person focusing on housekeeping and packing. It mentions reducing belongings to a mini kit including handkerchiefs and glasses and planning weekly schedules to prevent loss by pinning items to a cuff or bag undergarments.
The Pomeroy Cement Block Company advances on a new eight room residence with bath on Union Avenue in the rear of Edward Huber's property. The old house will be left standing awhile. Huber says he has no wish to tear it down, recalling the memories of his childhood and the boys’ pastimes in the yard.
Two wooden houses are being built on Morris Avenue by Bardin Brothers Lumber Co. Both homes share interior layouts but differ in exterior design with red brick foundations and porch trim. one features stone trim, the other shingles. Main floors include dining, living, kitchen, breakfast rooms with hardwood finishes. baths and bedrooms on upper floors with gray enamel woodwork and cedar-lined closets. Open by September 1.
The home of William Hughes at 14 Clark Street gains a new kitchen, dining room, and back porch. Hardwood finish, a new dining room light, updated fixtures, a rebuilt back porch, a front porch awning, and painting are noted.
In Gary Indiana a civic project envisions a park system a new high school and a grand hotel as part of a broad parkway and twin building complex. The plans aim to transform the steel city into a cleaner modern metropolis with added cultural and civic amenities.
Rev. L. C. Watts, formerly pastor here and now at Wellston, is leading a building program on a ten acre Rio Grande farm. He is bricks and carpenters on a garage, a store-room, and temporary family quarters, with plans for a future home.
A half gallon open neck thermos serves as a portable ice box for butter and cream. If a hot water bottle leaks, check the stopper washer or seal with adhesive tape. To deter ants, pour kerosene around their hill and then dust cayenne pepper on pantry shelves and food edges.
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